How to calculate wind load by using UBC-97?

a 15-story of commercial with area of 2000 Square meter (each floor), need to compute wind load by using UBC 97, and the building is located in amman (jordan), so how can i calculate wind load with detaled pls?

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Best Answer: Why would you be using an American building code from 1997 to calculate wind loads in Amman in 2010?
This link has the procedure (about halfway down the page) http://k7nv.com/notebook/topics/windload...
But you're going to need a copy of the code to find the factors you need to do the calculation. Also, you're going to have to estimate/research a number or two because the UBC will only have values for the US.